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Historian Jane Ohlmeyer reflects on Ireland’s difficult relationship with imperialism in the early modern period <\/p>

By Rhiannon Davies\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 at 07:53 AM<\/p>

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Often described as England\u2019s first colony, Ireland has a long \u2013 and deeply complicated \u2013 relationship with empire. Rhiannon Davies speaks to historian Jane Ohlmeyer to learn more about this complex picture, from how Ireland was a \u2018laboratory of empire\u2019 to how imperialism influenced the clothing people wore.<\/p>\n\n

Jane Ohlmeyer is the author of Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism, and the Early Modern World<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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